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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

Dirk Benedict

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Dirk Benedict
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 1
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
Helena
Montana
Dirk Niewoehner
Discipline
Learned
Hard
Work
Astaire
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